Nature
Cool
Taste
Pungent and aromatic
Channels
Daily dose
3-9 g dry and 15-30 g fresh
Tendency
Ascending
Actions and indications
- Expels Wind-Heat in the Upper Burner, especially from eyes and head.
- Benefits the throat.
- Stimulates the correct circulation of Liver-Qi.
Applications
- Common cold
- Flu
- Laryngitis
- Sore throat
- Tonsillitis
- Conjunctivitis
- Headache
- Otitis
- Pruritus
- Premenstrual syndrome
- Irritability
- Anxiety
- Dyspepsia
- Nausea
- Meteorism
Contraindications
- May weaken Qi.
- Patients with profuse sweating.
- Liver-Yang rising
- Spleen-Qi deficiency.
- Heat from Yin deficiency
- May inhibit lactation
- May irritate the intestinal mucosa
- May reduce Qi and Yang reserves